A place near to the Kandy city where you can find AMAZING wood carvings. This Devalaya /Temple was built nearly 700 years ago and a very interesting place to visit in Sri Lanka. Many foreign tourists never miss out this location. This is a must visit place when you are travelling Kandy area. Yo can also visit Historical sites of Lanka thilaka Viharataya (Temple) and Gadaladeniya Viharaya (Temple) which located 4 km and 5.7 km respectively from here.

This is one of my favourite place. The temple was built by King Vikramabahu III, since 14th century, dedicated to Kataragama deviyo (a deity who is believed to be very powerful in Sri Lanka). There are 3 sections in this temple - Sanctum of Garagha, Dancing Hall & Drummer Hall which is the highlight of this place with intricate wood carvings. Entrance fee of LKR300 per person is well worth the penny for 30-45 mins visit especially anyone into wood carvings. We also saw group of students here for study excursion at this historical place. Visiting this temple can be combined with visits to Lankathilaka Temple & Temple of Galadenia where these Temples are within 30 mins drive to each other. Therefore, hiring driver service is necessary which we engaged “BLUE HAVEN TOURS” with superb driver named “Mr Sugath”.